Just bought a 15 XL 2.7 Ecoboost with the auto stop/start feature. Anyway to disable this feature other the dash button on each startup?
Thanks, I'm enjoying all the info on the site.

 

no.

i think you have to buy a tuner that also comes with options to allow for permanently disabling it.

 

I believe someone else was trying to figure out if you can wire the disable button "closed." Im curious on this as well, I just can;t get used to it.

 

Doubt it can be disabled permanently with some setting/switch. You can manually shift instead of using [D], keep the driver door ajar, turn on the windshield defroster, be in 4x4 mode, attach a trailer (or fool it into thinking you have), enable tow/haul mode, or select manual or sport mode.

I don't understand why the need? Yes it's a bit weird at first, but I've been driving auto-stop vehicles for about 5 years now, and it was first released on mass-produced hybrid vehicles in 1999 (the Honda Insight was primarily gas motor with electric assist, rather than the Prius being electric motor with gas assist).

The fuel savings can be huge, whether you have a 1-liter engine or a big block 460, and is why we will be seeing this on every vehicle soon. Fleet fuel economy requirements will push manufacturers to price small-engined vehicles much lower than big-engined versions just so they can get their fleet averages up. But hey, if someone wants to, soon, pay a $20k markup on a v8 model, with no other options added on, it may be an option for a couple years. Auto-stop is here to stay though, due to CAFE requirements. In 5 years time,nearly every vehicle sold new may force auto-stop. Welcome to the future!

 

I've been looking for a way to disable it since I got my truck in April. I hate the feature myself. No longer than my truck is off it won't save me anything

 

I don't mind it being off and I think its really cool but when it starts 15 times on a trip in town I cant help but think of the wear its doing on my starter. Say I have the truck start/stop on average 10 times a day, im basically putting 10 years on the starter in 1 year.

 

I've read wiggling the steering wheel when stopped keeps it from engaging the stop start mode.

 

Frightening...

 

if you get the feel for it, you can just feather the brake when stopped. it needs a certain vacuum pressure for auto stop to engage. you can get pretty good at making sure it doesn't come on.

also at first I thought leaving the seat belt off would disable it. I found this true for weeks then one day it still auto stopped when I had my seat belt off. weird

 

It was a little "different" at first, but I don't really mind it at all now.

If I'm in stop and go traffic, I just take the half a second to hit the button.